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The biggest lie about healthcare? Hint: it involves the government

Despite the biggest lie, we keep looking to the Washington for answers. ObamaCare, the AHCA, and the Senate bill are all federally-generated solutions based on federal control. But central control is root cause why healthcare is failing.

July 10, 2017
Energy & Environment

With American natural gas, Russia is losing European energy chokehold

Building new infrastructure and diversifying energy portfolios to meet demand could marginalize dependence on Russia, bolster economic growth and improve standards of living. American natural gas will help loosen Russia’s grip.

July 3, 2017
Higher Education

To Restore Campus Free Speech Nationwide, Secretary DeVos Should Look To Wisconsin

We can hope that a bipartisan consensus on upholding the First Amendment will grow as public awareness of the campus threats to free speech grows. As U.S. Department of Education Secretary DeVos prosecutes this battle nationally, she would benefit from close consideration of the Wisconsin model.

June 29, 2017
Health Care

TPPF Experts on Healthcare

Chip Roy on CNN Monday, June 26, 2017 Sunday, June 25, 2017 Chris Jacobs on CSPAN Sunday, June 25, 2017 Deane Waldman on Sean Hannity radio Friday, June 23, 2017 Your browser does not support the audio element.  

June 27, 2017
Property Rights

Don’t Wait for the Long Term to Address Short Term Rentals

One of the key themes of Governor Greg Abbott’s special session call was ending regulatory overreach at the local level. And the governor did not pull his punches in highlighting his determination to protect the rights of citizens regardless of the local government they live under, declaring that he was: “…calling for legislation that reduces,...

June 27, 2017
Energy & Environment

Ninth Circuit Court To California: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

With supine deference to CARB’s wishes, EPA violated the Clean Air Act by approving the regulation without assessing independently whether California’s residents require emissions controls that far surpass in scope and stringency any regulatory standards applicable anywhere else in the nation.

June 22, 2017
Other

Sessions is cleaning up the Justice Department, and not a moment too soon

Whether it be by a strict enforcement of ethics rules or the end of slush fund payouts to private interest groups, the Department of Justice is cleaning up its act, and the timing couldn’t be better to restore America’s trust.

June 21, 2017
Economy

Restrictions on free trade will cost Texans dearly

Free markets and free trade within those markets benefit everyone. They ensure profits are justly earned based on value creation rather than access to political power or by imposing unjust costs on others.

June 20, 2017
Property Rights

New Poll: Texans Overwhelmingly Support Property Tax Reform

Texans of every ideological persuasion want legislators to rein in local governments’ ability to raise property taxes, according to the latest poll from the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune. According to the poll’s results, which are based on an “internet survey of 1,200 registered voters [that] was conducted from June 2 to June...

June 20, 2017
Local Government

An Obamacare Opt-In: Let Each State Choose

Eliminating all Obamacare regulations as the default while leaving an opt-in trigger, so states that wish to maintain the regulations may do so, is the only remaining compromise worth considering.

June 16, 2017
Energy & Environment

Endangered Species Act Should Not Be Used to Ban Humans from Environment

General Land Office of the State of Texas v. U.S. Department of the Interior provides the best opportunity for the nation, through the judicial process, to recognize that our complex world requires more than dogmatic adherence to the protection of a single species regardless of the societal impacts.

June 16, 2017
Health Care

Don’t Blame Trump When ObamaCare Rates Jump

Conservatives shouldn’t hesitate to ask regulators and liberal advocates now pointing the finger at uncertainty where they were this time last year when the future of those payments was equally uncertain.

June 15, 2017
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